Miller, sure, just not Miller's contract. It's too rich and too short
- Morris

Compared to some other deals, Miller's contract isn't all that bad... If Smith is worth 5.7 per, and Bob is worth the probable 7 million + that his new contract will give him, then Miller is worth 6.25. And with the shortness of it, he'd probably sign long term for even less for his new contract.

ESPN gave the Sabres an A +

Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov gives Buffalo two elite-sized, gritty D-men with picks No. 8 and No. 16 and, over time, will have a major impact on the back end. The blue line was a big need for the Buffalo system, and they addressed it as well as they could with their first two selections. In the second round, the Sabres add skilled, blue-collar forward J.T. Compher, and two big hard working forwards in Connor Hurley from Edina High School and Justin Bailey from Kitchener of the OHL -- both give added size. This was a really strong draft for the Sabres.

ESPN gave the Sabres an A +

Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov gives Buffalo two elite-sized, gritty D-men with picks No. 8 and No. 16 and, over time, will have a major impact on the back end. The blue line was a big need for the Buffalo system, and they addressed it as well as they could with their first two selections. In the second round, the Sabres add skilled, blue-collar forward J.T. Compher, and two big hard working forwards in Connor Hurley from Edina High School and Justin Bailey from Kitchener of the OHL -- both give added size. This was a really strong draft for the Sabres.
- eruppt45

ESPN is the place to go for quality NHL analysis. Oh wait.

How did Darcy do? Epic Fail aka The Usual.

I'll go out on a limb and say he had a terrible 1st round. Not that I know anything about the players he took, just going by DR's track record.

How did Darcy do? Epic Fail aka The Usual.
- sambarugh

I liked his first round. Call me crazy but I have no problem drafting dmen. Especially big physical ones who have talent.

I'd give Darcy a B overall. As much as I wanted Nichuskin / Lindholm plus a D.....we are now stacked on D. I was hoping we would take Risto as one of our picks. With Girgensons and Grigorenko having a semi season under their belt playing NHL and AHL... and Armia coming up...and Larsson from Minnesota... I think we have a good front end right now too. We still need some off season acquisitions though to solidify the top 6 in my opinion.

ESPN is the place to go for quality NHL analysis. Oh wait.
- Pierceme69

You do realize ESPN pretty much uses a lot of TSN content right? They're minority owners of the company.

the draft grew on my once the second rd played out

I think we all went into panic mode when he took 2 d men right off the bat

Trade Sekera, waive Brennan (neither of whom was long in the tooth)...

And burn 2 highly coveted 1st rd picks (in an elite draft clsss) on d-men..


Kinda looks like Buffalo is spinning their wheels to me. The first half of the firdt rd is where you should be looking for elite scoring.

Trade Sekera, waive Brennan (neither of whom was long in the tooth)...

And burn 2 highly coveted 1st rd picks (in an elite draft clsss) on d-men..


Kinda looks like Buffalo is spinning their wheels to me. The first half of the firdt rd is where you should be looking for elite scoring.
- SuperCat

We traded Brennan for 5th Rounder (Gustav Possler)

Trade Sekera, waive Brennan (neither of whom was long in the tooth)...

And burn 2 highly coveted 1st rd picks (in an elite draft clsss) on d-men..


Kinda looks like Buffalo is spinning their wheels to me. The first half of the firdt rd is where you should be looking for elite scoring.
- SuperCat

the draft grew on my once the second rd played out

I think we all went into panic mode when he took 2 d men right off the bat
- navinrjohnson

Ya think?! You guys went nuts, I was laughing my ass off reading all of that. Hell, I even almost posted.

ESPN gave the Sabres an A +

Rasmus Ristolainen and Nikita Zadorov gives Buffalo two elite-sized, gritty D-men with picks No. 8 and No. 16 and, over time, will have a major impact on the back end. The blue line was a big need for the Buffalo system, and they addressed it as well as they could with their first two selections. In the second round, the Sabres add skilled, blue-collar forward J.T. Compher, and two big hard working forwards in Connor Hurley from Edina High School and Justin Bailey from Kitchener of the OHL -- both give added size. This was a really strong draft for the Sabres.
- eruppt45

Everything I've read puts us as one of the clear winners of the draft, nothing below an A- grade (I think the biggest was The Hockey News). So yeah, despite what the pro scouts here at hockeybuzz said, the team did great.

Everything I've read puts us as one of the clear winners of the draft, nothing below an A- grade (I think the biggest was The Hockey News). So yeah, despite what the pro scouts here at hockeybuzz said, the team did great.
- stashu

I wish final standing were based on draft grades.

So the bigger question today...hell with this draft stuff....

Where do I go for lunch?? Mighty Taco or Teds?? :D

I've got 6 days here in town, so I'll be hitting all the usual spots.

So the bigger question today...hell with this draft stuff....

Where do I go for lunch?? Mighty Taco or Teds?? :D

I've got 6 days here in town, so I'll be hitting all the usual spots.
- stashu

Mighty taco. I think im going there after work.

Mighty taco. I think im going there after work.
- cabin

Picking up the wife and kids at the airport in a couple hours, so we'll see what they choose.

Picking up the wife and kids at the airport in a couple hours, so we'll see what they choose.
- stashu

Teds or Mighty, corner of Transit and Wehrle. Teds is always a good choice

That was about as A+ as a draft day can be. You guys killed it.

So the bigger question today...hell with this draft stuff....

Where do I go for lunch?? Mighty Taco or Teds?? :D

I've got 6 days here in town, so I'll be hitting all the usual spots.
- stashu

Try Theodores , They are owned by Ted's nephew

I think it's going to rely on the rest of the summer to determine just how good this draft was. If Darcy has irons in the fire for a scoring winger, and it actually comes to fruition, then the draft was brilliant. If we don't get a scoring forward and Miller and Vanek are still here through next season, then maybe not so much.